Breaking Down J Dilla’s Most Underrated Album

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There’s one album that doesn’t come up in the Dilla conversation enough. It’s some of his best work, was a turning point for him as a producer, and helped birth the neo soul movement.
Today we're talking about Slum Village. If you’re a Dilla fan and you don’t know Slum Village, get ready, cuz it’s some of Dilla’s finest work, and that’s saying a LOT. If you’re already a Slum Village fan, you’re in the right place.
We’re diving into the story of Fantastic Vol 1 AND 2, of Slum Village, and of this pivotal transition time for J Dilla. We’ll dive into a few songs to see how his production evolved, why these albums aren't as well known, and how it birthed the neo soul movement.
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SOURCES
"Dilla Time" by Dan Charnas: www.amazon.com/Dilla-Time-Aft...
Questlove quote: books.google.com/books/about/...
Questlove Supreme Podcast with T3: • Slum Village Recalls T...
/ the-fantastic-origin-s...
Amp Fiddler Interview - • Amp Fiddler on teachin...
Full Amp Fiddler interview with the original channel its from @PopkillerTV • Amp Fiddler - intervie...
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TOPICS COVERED
J Dilla
Jay Dee
Slum Village
T3
Baatin
Fantastic Vol 1
Fantastic Vol 2
Fan-Tas-Tic
Detroit
Hip Hop
Neo Soul
#jdilla #hiphop #musichistory

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@diggingthegreats Месяц назад

Get 15 tracks to sample on Tracklib for free: www.tracklib.com/diggingthegreats Songs Played are included on my Tracklib playlist, check it out here: www.tracklib.com/music/collections/783538

@disrails Месяц назад

Claaaaire. Genius

@ericfields2809 Месяц назад

Me too

@artisans8521 Месяц назад

From your channel, I went to Spotty, searched for SlumVillage, found them, including a remark that they were performing in my hometown soon. Got a ticket to see them live in 4 weeks.

@user-ok2hn5ek2f Месяц назад

This album was so smooth. " Get this money" "PLAYERS" "Climax" & " Hold Tight"

@MegaVern1 Месяц назад

Facts!!!

@assistant606 Месяц назад

Jealousy was fire too

@npetinaud1 Месяц назад

Go Ladies is my favourite instrumental. Just reminds me of fine Women in the summer.

@unworthyServant08 Месяц назад

Add “Fall N Love” and “2U4U” to that list! All these were on repeat in my late teens to early 20’s! Along with Little Brother’s The Listening. These two albums certainly make my classics list.

@dasdabeatjunkieprod Месяц назад

Untitled will always be my favorite

@SkylarGarriott Месяц назад

i see slum village, i click

@tempeff8670 Месяц назад

I saw Slum Village in Chicago, upstair at Subterranean circa 2001. I probably saw Dilla but I didn't know it at the time.

@kennethbosejr.4933 Месяц назад

Same

@sorensmith8403 Месяц назад

Monkey see, monkey do

@petykash Месяц назад

Facts

@artisans8521 Месяц назад

I'm going to see them in a few day's time in my hometown.

@lairdhercules4553 Месяц назад

Finally! Slum Village. Those who know...know. RIP Baatin, RIP Dilla.

@diggingthegreats Месяц назад

RIP Amp Fiddler as well 🙏

@startrakambassador3632 Месяц назад

@@diggingthegreats word, it broke my heart when I heard he passed as well. At least they in a better places ❤️🙏🏾

@Ginger2882. Месяц назад

Slum Village was actually my introduction to Dilla. Still some of my favorites of his albums.

@Bandaroj Месяц назад

Same here. Which is kind of a lie, because I bought a copy of Labcabincalifornia when it was released. But I was not aware of who this JD guy was till I heard SV.

@drealinskiabel Месяц назад

Same. Went from there to Welcome 2 Detroit and only learned about all the Soulquarian/Native Tongues and Pharcyde stuff way later. Suffice to say, it was a pleasant experience of catching up.

@tonejames2080 Месяц назад

R.I.P. Dilla Dawg. Shout out to the Roots on Game Theory for showing him the love he always deserved but many times never received. A genius of the hip-hop game. A legend of music in general.

@gnarwhal7562 Месяц назад

This album was actually my introduction to J Dilla and I didn't even know it at the time. It just felt like a hidden gem of a record. Years later I found out he was a part of the trio, and it made sense why I vibed with the production so much. Rest In Power, Dilla my man

@log1kanobi Месяц назад

brooooooo it’s exactly the same for me😂

@jonahuniqorn952 Месяц назад

My introduction to dilla was actually Pharcyde LabcabinCalifornia. I was pretty smug when I picked this up, Dillas was an established genius for "Running" to me. Come to think of it I bought beats rhymes and life the same day at Tower records in silver spring, MD

@bigchewp9694 Месяц назад

It's mad I had this, loved it, I had stakes is high, labcab, beats rhymes and life and countless other stuff I loved, but never realised it was all one dude. Lightbulb moment when it clicked.😂😂 I think it was that a lot of the track said produced by the ummah that threw me off the scent😂😂

@BritoWorx Месяц назад

RIP DILLA AND AMP Thank you for y’all contributions to the world.

@hhhpestock951 Месяц назад

IT'S *DILLA TIME*

@tr606 Месяц назад

Untitled/Fantastic from Vol. 2 is just so pretty. Just incredible. Great vid as usual by the way ♥

@DocDoMuch Месяц назад

My favorite track on this classic album

@avgriffin49 Месяц назад

The climax drums changed how I view drums forever, convincing me to learn them inside out and learn drums

@PopkillerTV Месяц назад

Part starting from 2:16 comes from our exclusive interview with Amp Fiddler, which you can find on our channel (it's a 20-min. video called "Amp Fiddler - interview: on teaching J Dilla how to use MPC; touring with George Clinton; Prince") :) Great short doc guys, much love from Poland & Long Live Dilla!

@diggingthegreats Месяц назад

Can you send a link? For one I want to include it in the description since I didn’t realize the larger video the clip was pulled from. For two, I want to watch it myself! Thank you for doing this interview, much love from the US 🙏

@diggingthegreats Месяц назад

Found it and updated! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GP41bk4wRWQ.htmlsi=N0u8El6-428Rk6iV

@PopkillerTV Месяц назад

@@diggingthegreats yes, that's it!! Perfect, thank you so much! All the best, keep up the great work! 😊🙏🙌 We also have done more Dilla-related interviews (with Common, Illa J, Pharcyde, Black Milk etc.) if you'd be interested! / Marcin

@Basper28 Месяц назад

Polska Gurom

@drezred8478 Месяц назад

One of my favorite albums of all time. Remember hearing "Get dis Money" and "Players" at UNLV on an underground radio show back in 98. No skips on the album. Untitled/fantastic is my favorite joint. All the beats are crazy.

@dwightgriffin1314 Месяц назад

The outro was nuts too.

@dn30001 Месяц назад

Maan that outro was like sex in the form of sonics

@VibesAndNotes Месяц назад

This is one of those moments where I realize that myself, my circle of friends, and people I vibe on music with hold this project in such high regard that I never noticed that it's underrated. This is one of those albums that had people call me after they listened to find out if I heard it yet. Classic

@steve_santiago Месяц назад

I was today years old when I learned that rapping into a pair of headphones plugged into the mic jack was even possible.

@mdihero Месяц назад

a transducer is a transducer

@gezblair Месяц назад

Think I’ve got an old DAT machine I can post you

@mellodope8904 Месяц назад

I'm just glad you're here.😂

@ri067953 Месяц назад

Slum Village is who I first think of when I think of Dilla

@JustinMCase Месяц назад

TOP 5 ALL TIME FAV ALBUM

@grantbacon4471 Месяц назад

Slum Village was so mad underrated! Great video! I can’t believe someone finally covered this album. “Fall in love” is in my rotation forever.

@rdicetv77 Месяц назад

4EVER.

@BigO7duce Месяц назад

I’m so glad you covered this masterpiece. I saw Slum Village in 2000 at the Okayplayer tour in Minneapolis at First Avenue. I was originally there for the Roots but left blown away by Slum.

@kylecray7193 Месяц назад

One of the greatest albums of my lifetime. Fall in love is so amazing. Love classic slum vill.

@MegaVern1 Месяц назад

RIP Amp and Dilla!🙏🏽❤️🕊️

@evanwaytoolazy Месяц назад

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS IVE BEEN WAITING FOR ANY CONTENT ON FALL IN LOVE AHHHHHHHHHHHH THANK YOU

@MegaVern1 Месяц назад

@diggingthegreats this was a great breakdown!!! Can’t get enough of Dilla breakdowns. Dude was an alien for sure

@honcheungus 17 дней назад

great video dude your vids are always top quality

@dylanrowleyprod Месяц назад

It’s great to see you break down Players! I did a project for a communications class where I had to convince the class that sampling is an art form in and of itself and used Players as an example. I chopped it, pitched it, and added drums in front of the class. Such a fun time. Great video boss!

@matiasvalentino1200 Месяц назад

Amazing record thank you for this amazing info

@andymejia5456 Месяц назад

Omg this is my personal fave hip hop album of all time. so glad you made a video on it!!!!!!!!

@BackToTheBoomBap Месяц назад

Thanks for making a video on one of my favorite hip-hop albums!

@nicktee167 Месяц назад

Really great work here, as usual!

@GilKag2 Месяц назад

Man i have been waiting for this video for months, thank you for another masterpiece! I listened to your advice and read Dilla time, and the part where the book explained about the 'clair' to 'players' transformation is really one of the most creative production i have seen.

@filipkroupa9455 Месяц назад

so dirty yet so clean at the same time! in love with those drums since the day I discovered this album

@stephenstrussvideo Месяц назад

My favorite Slum / JD record. Knew this was coming eventually, great video as always man!

@MegaVern1 Месяц назад

The drums for Fall In Love are so good 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@AirAdam13 Месяц назад

It's about time - this album never gets enough props! Thanks for doing this video 🙂

@JamesSmith-Jtz Месяц назад

Yo bro, your timing on this video drop is mad crazy… 🤙🏾 I literally just got done listening to Fantastic vol.2 on this 12 hour drive back out the oil patch and was thinking this album doesn’t get the shine it deserves…jumps on RU-vid and sees this video. Thanks for all your hard work breaking down these favorites and keeping these joints relevant. It’s appreciated. 🍻 Also peeped that Stockholm instrumental playing in the video too.😎

@lil-j-waters Месяц назад

thanks for sharing your source too. dilla time is so good

@Uchawibeatz Месяц назад

God bless you for breaking this down. Fantastic 1 and 2 are still my favorite Dilla pieces to this day. I started listening to Players because my pops recognized the sample from the Singers Unlimited and that was the moment my obsession with Dilla's work started. Great video again

@wesiam8285 Месяц назад

Bro your channel is DOPE AS FCK!!! All these brkdwns are dope n this SV/Dilla brkdwn is unreal.. u must be a producer yourself bcuz this is amazing wrk, keep it going👌🏾💪🏾🔥

@iamkylehi6645 Месяц назад

I’ve been listening to this album a lot after hearing Tell Me on a playlist. Thank you for covering such a great album!

@dmoody4628 Месяц назад

Love this album, so smooth!

@thecoreelementsmoto Месяц назад

Another great video. I used to play this album so much. Git this money is still on my hype list when I need to get work done.

@dave_vsm Месяц назад

this is the best yt channel for music lovers. just thank u mate! and dis is my favorite dilla era . I hear I don't know in a beatunkies tape, was a blow!

@VendettaPtown Месяц назад

That album is an AMAZING classic!😎🔥❤️

@damianhbk1 Месяц назад

That intro is 🔥🔥🔥 I first heard of Slum Village on Power 106 back in the day. I went out the very next day and bought their CD VOL2 at Tower Records. Thank you for digging deep into this album 🙏🙏🙏

@alexlibby1366 Месяц назад

Amazing video as always!

@lewisewan3432 Месяц назад

Another J-Dilla video, I'm not complaining. Great Video

@nickolas8013 Месяц назад

"Rock to the rhythm, forth & back, forth & back, forth and back back back back..."

@actrite3139 Месяц назад

Kurupt and SV

@regib1992 Месяц назад

Yo! When I say I’m SO glad you covered those classic albums THANK YOU! I was a freshmen in college when I first heard these albums and it changed the way I listen to music. Climax is the smoothest and my top favorite track on the vol2 album

@mgonzalez9935 Месяц назад

Love this album so much, changed my life

@DIRTYFINGERPROJECT Месяц назад

This video and so many of your videos are bomb because you actually take the time and care to do the research. Happy to watch everything you drop. Glad to see it be said that the Neo Soul sound is the Dilla sound, which I’ve always believed it to be. Beats, Rhymes & Life is actually my favorite ATCQ album after The Low End Theory. The Pharcyde Labcabincalifornia is my favorite from them (5Ela had a few beats before though), all Jay Dee. Also glad to see Amp get the recognition he deserved too, cats always talking about Q-Tip but forget to mention cats from The D that played a role. Thank You!

@S_Kane Месяц назад

0:02 dope, thanks for blending that in

@kenduisaacs5594 Месяц назад

This is a fire video. Love your work.

@diggingthegreats Месяц назад

🙏

@Geech25 Месяц назад

Never clicked on a video so fast. Favourite album (vol.2) of all time!

@jloiben12 Месяц назад

If you are a Dilla fan and don’t know Slum then you aren’t a Dilla fan

@petykash Месяц назад

That part!

@brynellsidney3983 Месяц назад

Facts

@lexxko Месяц назад

Agreed!

@impliedwisdom Месяц назад

HELLO!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@mategeri5728 Месяц назад

Dude, I've been a huge SV fan for more than a decade and I've been spending countless hours reading and learning about music. It never even crossed my mind to dig into the story of SV and I love how you break down the beats, too. Love your videos! Cheers!

@cheef825 Месяц назад

Man you gotta read dilla time if you haven't already. That book has so much cool shi in it

@mategeri5728 Месяц назад

@@cheef825 got that on my readlist for a while, just need to finish my other books first

@benjaminsanon6760 Месяц назад

Ive been preaching about IDK for YEARS! thank you for breaking this down!

@lewisechlin1707 Месяц назад

Slum village was my introduction to Detroit based rappers when I moved back to Michigan in my teens after years overseas. Their music felt like it had a deep duality with the city and the state of Michigan to some degree and I've found that similar feeling from every rapper I've heard come out of the state. It made me feel more connected to where I'm from and I feel proud of my city with this kind of representation, I wish more people knew of slum village. Thank you for this video.

@6lackcomedy Месяц назад

I love your videos bro!

@DJ279V Месяц назад

Quite simply: find stuff, make it fit, new flow. Thx for sharing the genuis of Dilla with your analysis!!

@101iswhatsup Месяц назад

Vol 1 and vol 2... man. That beat for "Ela5", such a dope flip. Vol.2, one of my favorite Sam Goody purchases next to Del Both sides of the Brain and Redman Doc's Da Name. Great art to note. R.I.P. Baatin and Jay Dilla. Peace T3 and Elzhi.

@idonid4417 Месяц назад

fantastic vol 1 is probably my absolute favorite collection of tracks. all the early slum village stuff was phenomenal as well as early 5 elements stuff. crazy

@grantblaaw2286 Месяц назад

I heard Fall in Love on our local hip hop show called the Head Warmez and immediately headed to Compact Disc Warehouse which was place that was able to import that album to SA at the time. I freaked out the day they called me to say it was received and I could collect it. Still one of my favorite hip hop albums of all time. Thank you for the review absolutely love your content.

@whoandgo Месяц назад

Fantastic Vol 2 is one of the recipes to my soul. Been cherishinf that album for a very long time now ❤

@ingmarvanderhoek6314 Месяц назад

Great album, happy to own it and happy you put it in the spotlight!

@ingmarvanderhoek6314 Месяц назад

Volume 2 I mean...

@aaronquadsquad5 Месяц назад

Yo Brandon you are reading my mind with this video because this week i started reading Dilla Time and i've been listening to Dilla too. So you read my mind.

@nicolesherman8974 Месяц назад

Digging the Greats Friday. Ready for the heat you bestow on us 🔥🔥🔥

@marjyg1 Месяц назад

Mannn I clicked so fast!! One of my fave albums!

@wm1573 27 дней назад

I’ve listened through the instrumental version of this album like 9000000 times and it continues to be amazing

@erok268 Месяц назад

This album has been in the top 5 personal albums since highschool

@lepetitmort1150 Месяц назад

dude this album is a classic!!! and Baatin is an UNDERRATED emcee!!! his style was otherworldly AF!

@TristanKnightMusic Месяц назад

This episode was so amazing to watch. As soon as I saw Slum as the thumbnail, I couldn’t have clicked on it faster. Lol. As a native Detroiter and artist/producer myself, this album has such a huge influence on my life till this day. I sampled “Climax” from Fantastic Vol. 2 for my song “Date Knight” on my new album LAUDER…when Vol. 2 was released, I was 13, so I remember hearing “Climax”, “Players”, & “Get This Money” frequently on Detroit radio stations like WJLB, and it holds a special time & place in my heart. It’s such an incredible album that I continue to play till this day. Even my kids love it. Another dope story about this album is Young Guru of Roc-A-Fella explaining the time that he first heard Vol. 2. He said he had a rare break in the day from recording at Baseline, so he went to go shower and change at his friend’s apartment. While he was getting ready, his friend was blasting the album the whole time and he said that he was mind blown. He had to find out who it was and made the beats. That was in 2001. Thank you for these amazing videos and history lessons Brandon.✊🏾🔥

@natemathewson5200 Месяц назад

One of the best of all time.

@P8on2phresh Месяц назад

“I don’t know” will always be my favorite Dilla beat love how simple and blissful the sample is 😌

@teddyfischer510 Месяц назад

Hey Mr. Digging, I've been loving your content and subscribed to your channel...I think you should dig deeper underground...do CunninLynguists do Kool Kieth do CannibalOx...

@djdospe1 Месяц назад

there are only a few albums where I can listen to it without skipping a single song.. this is one of them

@piemanthe4th798 Месяц назад

Digging the greats is the goattt

@cheef825 Месяц назад

Man slum village was just killing it back then. Great video

@howamilooking5952 Месяц назад

Knowledge and music. Thanks.You a killa

@VendettaPtown Месяц назад

Players is another amazing beat😎🔥

@ThisIsJBird Месяц назад

Congrats bro I think you're the only one on RU-vid that found the tiny sample segments right before "Claiiirre" on 'Players'

@dubswirl3082 Месяц назад

Fantastic vol 1 & 2 albums were such fire ass masterpieces

@swandaley Месяц назад

I'm so happy you're doing this. This to me is Dilla's Magnum Opus.

@GmegaManly Месяц назад

Man, I grew up in Conant Gardens and was privileged to know some of the old Motown/Funkadelic musicians who kept their equipment in the basement near their pool table. Never ran into Slum but man those were good times! And you have to understand that at that time it was nearly impossible for Detroit hip hop artists to get played outside of Detroit, so leaving the group was the only choice he could make if he wanted to be heard. Shout-out to Nunn's BBQ!

@hemlockhostel9006 Месяц назад

These Dilla related videos feel like chapters of dillatime but in video format, love it

@jasonwallington2121 Месяц назад

Fantastic felt like Detroit’s love letter to hip-hop. Grateful for this masterpiece. RIP to Dilla, Baatin and Amp Fiddler.

@amsf1 Месяц назад

Slum village Fantastic 1&2 classics. Fantastic v.2 is mind blowing still to this day....

@ransu856 Месяц назад

Amazing video! No Ruff Draft mention tho? :(

@tay.rayjean Месяц назад

I listen to this album at least twice a week… Players, I Don’t Know, & Go Ladies are my top favorites. I find this to be one of those albums that completely changed my life! R.I.P Dilla

@MrColdwilliam Месяц назад

8 seconds in and that beat woke me up. Imma go listen to that album ans come right back for this.

@JTAITSINGER Месяц назад

Whaddup Dod! Dila Forever!

@jonathanpena7309 Месяц назад

Love it when we get Dilla love.

@vznquest Месяц назад

I'm glad that you included Volume One here as that was my personal introduction to Dilla. Somehow I lucked out scoring a cassette on the internet of that album in 1997. Personally that's my favorite work of his along with Donuts.